Provident Fund's “Reserve & Surplus” Amount Transferred To Statutory Fund, Employees Can't Claim It Separately From Provident Fund Dues : Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench comprising of Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) held that once a provident fund trust is dissolved and its funds are transferred to the statutory Provident Fund, employees cannot claim a separate share from the “Reserve & Surplus” fund after receiving their full dues. Background Facts The petitioners were the employees of Hindustan...

Calcutta High Court Directs Police Protection For Saraswati Puja At Kolkata Law College

The Calcutta High Court has directed the police authorities to provide security arrangements for Saraswati Puja festivities to be held at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College in Kolkata.Justice Jay Sengupta further directed that the preparations be overseen by a commissioner-level officer and that no outsiders, including those with pending complaints, be allowed the enter the campus during...

Calcutta HC Directs Fresh Probe Into Custodial Death Of Four Undertrial Prisoners, Orders Action Against Non-Use Of CCTV In Police Stations

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday scrapped a final report by the West Bengal CID into the death of four undertrial prisoners at the Baruipur Correctional Home. The CID in its report had submitted that the prisoners had died due to their drug use and that there was no evidence of custodial torture.In going through the post-mortem report, a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam...

Calcutta High Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Sandeshkhali Gang Rape Case, Flags Delay In Investigation

The Calcutta High Court has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe allegations of gang rape in West Bengal's Sandeskhali allegedly involving politically influential persons.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh formed an SIT comprising Rahul Mishra, IPS and SDPO, Baduria, Basirhat Police District, along with Bireswar Chatterjee, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Homicide Section,...

Bengal Govt Granted Sanction To Prosecute Ex-RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh: CBI Tells Calcutta High Court

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told the Calcutta High Court that it has received sanction from the West Bengal government to probe the financial irregularities case against the former principal of RG Kar College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh.These submissions were made before a bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh.Notably, Ghosh had been granted bail in the larger conspiracy around...

Compassionate Appointment Can't Be Granted To Posts Under Urban Local Bodies In Absence Of Specific Policy: Calcutta HC

A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J. held that the compassionate appointments cannot be granted to posts under Urban Local Bodies in the absence of a specific policy governing such appointments. Background Facts The employee was working in Arambagh Municipality. He died on 4th November, 2014 while in service. His divorced...

[S.12A Commercial Courts Act] Pre-Institution Mediation Is Intended To Encourage Parties To Use Litigation As Last Resort: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury has held that the clear intent of Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 is to encourage parties to use litigation as a last resort and to resolve commercial disputes amicably, informally, cheaply and quickly under the process of mediation. Additionally, the court modified the interim relief to...

Calcutta High Court Reserves Order On Admissibility Of State's, CBI's Appeal Demanding Death Sentence For RG Kar Convict

The Calcutta High Court has reserved its order on the admissibility of appeals by the state of West Bengal and CBI against the life sentence awarded to Sanjoy Roy who was convicted of rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.Both authorities have demanded a death sentence for the convict after the sessions court held that the crime did not fall into the rarest...

Calcutta High Court Denies VHP's Plea For Setting Up Stall At International Book Fair, Says Publisher's Guild Not 'State' Under Article 12

The Calcutta High Court has denied a plea by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to set up a stall at the Kolkata International Book Fair 2025.The VHP had approached the court against the Booksellers and Publishers Guild who organised the fair and had claimed that despite being given a stall in previous years, their request for a stall was turned down by the Guild for this year's fair.It was...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Actress Zareen Khan Booked For Failing To Appear As Guest At Kali Puja Celebrations

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case against actress Zareen Khan for allegedly failing to appear in Kali Puja celebrations at various pandals across the city in 2018.Justice Bibhas Ranjan De held: "The opposite party no. 2 herein approached the petitioner to come as a guest artist. Accordingly, this proposal was accepted by the petitioner but ultimately she committed a breach. This...

After State Govt, CBI Approaches Calcutta High Court Seeking Death Penalty For RG Kar Convict

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an appeal in Calcutta High Court challenging the life sentence imposed on the convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case Sanjoy Roy.The CBI has called for a death sentence for Roy, who was found guilty of the gruesome rape and murder of the trainee doctor at RG Kar college and hospital. Notably, the state had also approached a division...

"Probe Was Conducted By Central Agency": CBI Approaches Calcutta HC Challenging State's Appeal Seeking Death Penalty For RG Kar Convict

The Central Bureau of Investigation has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging the state's appeal against the life sentence imposed on RG Kar rape-murder convict Sanjoy Roy. The state had approached the High Court seeking the death penalty for the convict.The plea for admitting the appeal was being heard by a division bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar...